New AMD GPUs to launch July 7th.

[EricHiggin]

Pemalite said:

shikamaru317 said:

The pricing is terrible. All pre-release rumors over the last couple of years pegged Navi as a replacement for Polaris, not as a replacement for Vega. The whole point of these cards according to leaks was that they would offer Vega tier performance at Polaris tier prices (less than $300). Now we find out they are ridiculously overpriced. What a major hype killer for a mid-range gamer like myself. Who knows how long we will have to wait on a $250 Navi card now, and even if we get one the performance won't be a huge increase over the current 580. 

The RX 480 8GB when it launched was $239 with the 4GB model coming at $199. So the average selling price has jumped a little... But keep in mind that GDDR6 is a relatively new DRAM technology as well as 7nm and thus the Navi GPU's should fetch a premium for the short term.

The RX 590 dropped at $279, which isn't that much below a Navi GPU.

AMD needs the higher average selling prices to drive home profits now, if they aren't super competitive with nVidia though, expect a plethora of price cuts.

EricHiggin said:

The 5700 keeps that look. A little boring to me. The XT is just different enough to make it interesting but doesn't stray to far from the typical square look. It's like the OG PS4. It's just a two tiered box, but the fact that it's on an angle gives it some flair without going overboard. The 2000 series Nvidia cards do look pretty decent.

The AIB's will likely have some better cooling and very well may go with axial fans instead of the blower. Depends on the efficiency and the overclocking capabilities and whether it's worth it or not. They are mid tier cards like Polaris was so.

The regular 5700 looks far better in my opinion, I like the clean, understated look.
Plus my OCD doesn't really like high frequency patterning. (Aka the lines) on the XT model.

On the bright side, none are pushing RGB.

AMD - Here's Polaris, a decent cheap GPU that's totally worth the money. 

Gamers - That's great, because Nvidia just dropped their prices and rushed out there mid to low end cards. Off to buy a new GeForce card...

AMD - Here's Navi, it's decent and kind of expensive, but still worth the money. Go ahead and keep keep buying GeForce, we dare you...

Gamers - That's great, because Nvidia is dropping their prices. Off to buy a new GeForce card...

Years later...

Gamers - Why does the 4000 series suck so bad and cost twice as much, and why isn't there any Radeon competition?

AMD - Hate to say we told ya so.

RGB would be bad. Very very bad. Especially with Nvidia being team green and the blue team entering the space soon. You can bet there would be gamers who would set the card to just green if they could to make it look like they had a Geforce in there. Wouldn't you just love that if you were on the red team? lol